Michael John Tagg (born 13 November 1946) is a British former
long-distance runner. He finished second in the
10,000 metres
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at the
1969 European Championships.
Tagg was born in
East Ruston, Norfolk. He competed in the
10,000 metres
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at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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in
Mexico City
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, finishing 13th.
His sister,
Mary Green, competed at the same Games. At the
1969 European Championships in
Athens
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he won silver in the same event in 28:43.2, losing only to East Germany's
Jürgen Haase; ''
Track & Field News
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'' ranked him fourth in the world in his event that year.
Two years later in
Helsinki
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Tagg placed seventh, setting his eventual personal best of 28:14.65;
he also set his personal bests for
two miles
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(8:28.2) and
5000 metres (13:41.4) that year.
References
1946 births
Living people
People from North Norfolk (district)
Sportspeople from Norfolk
English male long-distance runners
Olympic athletes for Great Britain
Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
European Athletics Championships medalists
International Cross Country Championships winners
East Runton
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain
Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade
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